Speech #720045857

The other day you refused an appropriation in the deficiency appropriation bill for the reserve aviators. the men who give their time and lives for the benefit of their own country. The following tabular statement shows in detail the expenditures. actual and estimated. for the various items that are paid for from this appropriation. being submitted in comparative form for four consecutive fiscal years: Still. when it comes to the prohibition item. you say that you must not reduce it. One gentleman the other day said that this is in keeping with the reduction of the appropriation for immigrailon and the appropriation for the enforcement of the antitrust law. It is far from the truth. If he had read the report closely he would have found that that remark applied only to the unexpended balances. and that in the item for antitrust enforcement there was a reduction in appropriation of $10.300 and in the immigration item a reduction of $14.700. The committee report is very deceiving. Turn to page 12 of the report and we read: The majority of the committee felt that as this appropriation is for the enforcement of a law which presents unusual difficulties at times in Its enforcement the appropriation should not be reduced. Similar action was taken by the committee for like reasons in the appropriations carried for enforcement of antitrust laws and immigration laws. under each of which heads unobligated. balances are shown from the present fiscal year. The unobligated balances do still exist. This would lead one to believe that the appropriations for the enforcement of antitrust laws and immigration laws had not been tampered with. and it requires several readings to disabuse one of this thought. However. if we turn to page 33 of the report we find that the appropriation for antitrust enforcement has been reduced $10.300 and immigration $14.700. The country. naturally. will be led to believe that the appropriation of $11.000.000 plus will be the cost of enforcement of prohibition laws during 1933. The bill submitted shows an appropriation as follows: Penal and correctional institutions ---------------- $13.866. 012 Marshals and deputies. district attorneys. clerks. commissioners. justices ----------------------------10.917.980 Fees. jurors. witnesses. bailiffs. criers -------------- 4. 900. 000 Or a total of ---------------------------29.683.992 Approximately 50 per cent of this goes for prohibition. or $13.534.522.